Example sentences of "[vb past] he be at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As far as I knew he 's at present on the Charlotte T. — all our ships are called something T. , as you probably know — on a trip to Hamburg . " |
| 2 | Oh I thought he was at school , you know , bigger boy at school . |
| 3 | When a leader in the Independent accuses Freddie Mercury of being a bad example because of homosexual acts committed in strictly guarded privacy before he realised he was at risk , it is using science as a screen for unexamined prejudice . |
| 4 | When I 'd finished he hummed and hawed a bit , but finally admitted he was at fault and promised to apologise to you as well . |
| 5 | She even thought up ways in which — had he been at home — he might have managed the rescue more easily and with far greater certainty . |
| 6 | White said he was at home smoking drugs when the attack took place . |
| 7 | But Young and Smyth denied knowing anything about the attack or the woman 's death , and the court heard that Young , a self-confessed drug addict , said he was at home suffering from withdrawal symptoms on the day of the mugging . |
| 8 | He said he was at Dynmouth Comprehensive himself , a terrible dump . |
| 9 | For a moment , he almost wished he were at home , but then he shook his head as if to rid himself of the thought . |